Current Issue June 2012, Vol. 28, No. 3

Issue Highlights

  • A ‘biopsychosocial’ model for recovery: A grounded theory study of families’ journeys after a Paediatric Intensive Care Admission
    June 2012(Vol. 28 | No. 3 | Pages 133-140)

    Ellie Atkins, Gillian Colville, Mary John

  • Sleep disturbances and sedation practices in the intensive care unit—A postal survey in the Netherlands
    June 2012(Vol. 28 | No. 3 | Pages 141-149)

    José G.M. Hofhuis, Gerdien Langevoort, Johannes H. Rommes, Peter E. Spronk

  • Experiences of inner strength in critically ill patients – A hermeneutical approach
    June 2012(Vol. 28 | No. 3 | Pages 150-158)

    Lise-Merete Alpers, Sølvi Helseth, Ingegerd Bergbom

  • The lived experiences of adult intensive care patients who were conscious during mechanical ventilation: A phenomenological-hermeneutic study
    February 2012 (Vol. 28 | No. 1 | Pages 6-15)

    Veronika Karlsson, Ingegerd Bergbom, Anna Forsberg

  • Nurses’ perceptions of communication training in the ICU
    February 2012 (Vol. 28 | No. 1 | Pages 16-25)

    Jill V. Radtke, Judith A. Tate, Mary Beth Happ

  • A critical care nurse practitioner's prescribing using standing orders and authorised prescribing when performing a critical care outreach role: A clinical audit
    February 2012 (Vol. 28 | No. 1 | Pages 1-5)

    Alison M. Pirret

  • Physical restraint use in intensive care units across Europe: The PRICE study
    October 2010 (Vol. 26 | No. 5 | Pages 241-245)

    Julie Benbenbishty, Sheila Adam, Ruth Endacott

  • Nurses’ near-decision-making process of postoperative patients’ cardiosurgical weaning and extubation in an Italian environment
    February 2012 (Vol. 28 | No. 1 | Pages 41-49)

    Giulia Villa, Duilio Manara, Alvisa Palese

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